Huawei Ascend 330 heel/trim

I have a Huawai Ascend 330 (bought as a “disposable” phone for playing on boats with) and I don’t get heel/trim data. Everything else works fine.

I have downloaded a 3rd party clinometer app to check the phone – that works fine, so the phone definitely has sensors and they work.

Android 4.2.2 if it makes a difference.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

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[raceQs]

Alan,

 

To collect correct orientation data gyroscope and magnetometer are required.

Your phone only has accelerometer. So, heading can’t be collected at all and heel/pitch will be wrong due to boat acceleration (think waves).

Do you think raceQs app should still collect the data assuming it be “good enough”?

 

[ADAlan Davis]

That would explain it. Spirit level clearly just uses the accelerometers, which would certainly give confusing data in rough conditions and might drift over time.

Good question: Is it better than nothing? I’ll do some tests and let you know if it is useful or not.

Thanks.

[Author]

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